You, too, can be a terrorist without even trying
Joshua Holland, writing for AlterNet, discusses just how easy it is to run afoul of the US’s laws on providing material support to groups named as terrorist organizations: “The Supreme…
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Brian Spears
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Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.
Saturday Morning Links
If you’re in south Florida and you need an honest mechanic, ask me. I’ve got the guy for you. Seriously. The Queen of England is being replaced by a squid.…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Have you heard about The Rumpus Poetry Book Club? Just making sure. I’ve bookmarked this article on how to format poetry online, since I’ve had some problems along these lines…
Lately at Ted
Every so often I like to do one of these posts–a link roundup of some of the fascinating talks put together for the various Ted conferences. Spend an afternoon watching…
Are you a member yet?
The big news (for us) this past week was The Rumpus Poetry Book Club. It’s much the same as our non-poetry book club, but a little cheaper–$20 in the US,…
Science Saturday
Olivia Judson is taking some time off from the NY Times, which makes me sad. So glad this whale is extinct. And while I love my cats, I’m glad this…
Saturday Morning Links
What? You think we’d take 4th of July weekend off? Not a chance. But in two weeks when it’s my partner’s birthday, yeah, posting’s likely to be a bit light.…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
So, as Stephen mentioned in a recent Daily Rumpus, we’ll be doing a poetry version of the Rumpus Book Club. We’re in the early stages at present, but we’ll make…
Strange Bedfellows, Indeed
When I see a story that includes an intersection between porn and fundamentalist Christianity, it usually involves a heaping helping of hypocrisy–a gay-bashing preacher who’s secretly gay; a family-values politician…
Science Saturday
Remember “Climate-Gate”? Your perception of it is no doubt shaded by your understanding (or lack thereof) of the science supporting global climate change. Unfortunately, that understanding is often screwed with…
Sounds like a reasonable position
Reykjavik just elected a comedian to be its mayor. Jon Gnarr is the head of the Best Party, which took just over a third of the vote in the recent…
Saturday Morning Links
It’s a Saturday morning, the World Cup is on, and I’m done with students for the next 7 weeks. Let’s read. And let’s start with Jacob Lambert at The Millions…